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Opening the Terminal Inspector a second time crashes ghostty #10406

@jcollie

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@jcollie

Discussed in #10405

Originally posted by kaddkaka January 21, 2026

Issue Description

Opening the Terminal Inspector a second time crashes ghostty

Expected Behavior

Opening terminal inspector should not crash ghostty.

Actual Behavior

Ghostty window closes silently.

Reproduction Steps

  1. start ghostty
  2. ctrl+shift+i
  3. alt+f4
  4. ctrl+shift+i
  5. -> crash

Ghostty Logs

I got this issue on Ubuntu 25.11 with bash.

kat reproduced the same issue in a discord question thread and posted some logs over there: https://discord.com/channels/1005603569187160125/1463641647052095530

Ghostty Version

built today on tip with `zig build --release=fast`


~$ ghostty --version
Ghostty 1.3.0-main+5b38e0bd7

Version
  - version: 1.3.0-main+5b38e0bd7
  - channel: tip
Build Config
  - Zig version   : 0.15.2
  - build mode    : .ReleaseFast
  - app runtime   : .gtk
  - font engine   : .fontconfig_freetype
  - renderer      : renderer.generic.Renderer(renderer.OpenGL)
  - libxev        : io_uring
  - kernel version: 6.17.0-8-generic
  - desktop env   : other
  - GTK version   :
    build         : 4.20.1
    runtime       : 4.20.1
  - libadwaita    : enabled
    build         : 1.8.0
    runtime       : 1.8.0
  - libX11        : enabled
  - libwayland    : enabled

OS Version Information

Ubuntu 25.11

(Linux only) Display Server

None

(Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window Manager

Ubuntu wayland maybe?

Minimal Ghostty Configuration

<empty config>

Additional Relevant Configuration

Similar closed issues I found:

I acknowledge that:

  • I have reviewed the FAQ and confirm that my issue is NOT among them.
  • I have searched the Ghostty repository (both open and closed Discussions and Issues) and confirm this is not a duplicate of an existing issue or discussion.
  • I have checked the "Preview" tab on all text fields to ensure that everything looks right, and have wrapped all configuration and code in code blocks with a group of three backticks (```) on separate lines.

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